Having picked up the final one of the 250 balls dropped by the coaches in the previous chapter, Ryoma stuns the high schoolers who were unable to obtain a ball themselves. He is then greeted by the other middle schoolers. Following the lead of 2nd year Sasabe Jun'ichi, a member of 12th court, the high schoolers that don't have a ball challenge the middle schoolers to a tennis match in order to determine who is allowed to stay in the camp. The first match is between Ryoma and 11th court member Matsudaira Chikao.